The court heard that the first complaint was aged between eight and 14 years when the offending occurred, and the defendant was aged between 15 and 21 years.

Chloe Loran delivered her victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing of Martin Harte (33) last March.

The man (22) admitted raping the 13-year-old girl and falsely imprisoning her 16-year-old friend after he drove the teenage girls to buy weed in Co Tipperary on June 22nd last year

The 61-year-old Dublin man was found guilty on four counts of defilement

The four children were aged between 12 and 17 at the time of the offending.